C. difficile infection requires documenting the presence of toxin in the stools, usually by testing for the gene that produces toxin B, using a method called PCR. It is very sensitive, so it should not be used to test solid stools since that is likely a carrier state.
Definition of vassal. 1  1 : a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant. 2  2 : one in a subservient or subordinate position.
The language and. the relationships are similar (and the language, sometimes borrowed. from religion, ends up borrowed back by religion in certain lyrics). In. feudalism the vassal is the man of his sovereign lord; in courtly love, the vassal is the man of his sovereign mistress. In religion, the sinner.